The Lighthouse of the Orcas (2016)

Original title

El faro de las orcas

Directed by

Gerardo Olivares

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

APTA

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 214 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman travels to a remote lighthouse in Patagonia with her autistic son. There she meets a man who works with wild orcas and tries to help her son connect with the animals.

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What happens

The Lighthouse of the Orcas (Spanish: El faro de las orcas) is a 2016 Spanish-Argentine drama film directed by Gerardo Olivares. It stars Maribel Verdú and Joaquín Furriel. It is based on the novel Agustín corazónabierto by Roberto Bubas. Together with Olivares' two previous films, Entrelobos (2010) and Brothers of the Wind (2015), The Lighthouse of the Orcas forms a trilogy about the animal-human relationship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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